Sentences with phrase «decisions by consensus»

But many parents find that they prefer to make decisions by consensus rather than by simple majority vote.

The Orthodox way is to make decisions by consensus, with all bishops holding equal standing in the decision, rather than by top - down decision - making.

The entire executive team, which makes decisions by consensus, has the same paycheck, and the total cash compensation paid to any employee in a calendar year is restricted to no more than 19 times the average annual wage, including bonuses, of all full - time employees.

Not exact matches

They make decisions more by consensus than by fiat.

Importantly, the representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) have insisted on a very strict interpretation of the consensus rule by which all conciliar decisions are to be made.

This interpretation of consensus departs from the Church's tradition, in which decisions are made by majority vote or public acclamation.

Few votes are taken, and decisions are arrived at by consensus.

CCT will also include national Christian organizations, and all decisions will be made by consensus.

According to current terminology, reception by consensus does not per se validate a decision.

That effort represented a joyful decision on my part to turn again toward the classical Christian pastoral tradition, especially as expressed by the ecumenical consensus of Christianity's first millennium of experience in caring for souls.

The ACSM consensus statement appears to reject earlier guidelines (Colorado and AAN) that focused heavily on loss of consciousness and retrograde amnesia (RGA) and to endorse the retrospective approach of the Cantu revised and Prague guidelines in viewing an approach to the return - to - play decision that considered «RGA, PTA, as well as the number and duration of additional signs and symptoms» as «more accurate in predicting severity and outcome ¡ -[and hence] more useful,» and by endorsing an individualized RTP decision, not one «based on a rigid timeline» [like the Colorado, AAN and Cantu Revised Guidelines)

She uses reason, power, and shaping by regime and reinforcement to achieve her objectives, and does not base her decisions on group consensus or the individual child's desires.

In Labour, key binding decisions were crafted by consenting comrades in compositing cabals, the Liberals braved the perilous political fringes to challenge the timid and brain - comatose, while the Tories orgied in flag - waving Nuremberg Rally - induced hysteria — all no more, drowned in the syrup sea of consensus.

The decisions are made as usual - by consensus i.e. simple majority vote.

«This is democracy at work,» he said, adding that he believed the decision not to prioritise Brexit for debate was motivated by «a feeling that there needs to be a bit more consensus - building, rather than dividing the party at the moment».

The general consensus, as championed by renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN, seems to be that the decision represents a significant setback for the effective and fair administration of justice in the country, and President Muhammadu Buhari administration's approach to the «campaign against corruption.»

A statement issued Tuesday by the school said a lack of consensus by members of the school's Students Representative Council (SRC) on a decision to invite the NPP vice presidential candidate to speak at a forum forced management of the school to advise against bringing him.

«The decision will be made on the merits and by a consensus of the members.»

Virtually all major decisions are made by consensus with Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, Republican Senate leader John Flanagan, and Democratic Assembly speaker Carl Heastie, with the Republican - aligned Senate Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeff Klein sometimes included.

Although it's unclear why the decision — which was original supposed to be announced by Aug. 1 — hasn't been made yet, some speculate that the main decision - makers in the project, including the governor, the State Senate and the State Assembly, are simply unable to reach a consensus on which bidder they prefer.

But it added: «If the UK protests about a decision taken by the eurozone countries, it can demand a discussion at the European council, but if no consensus is reached the proposal can go ahead.»

«I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that there were unanimous decisions about most issues, and strong consensus on the others,» says Ron Fouchier, a flu virologist at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, whose study has been accepted by the journal Science.

The conditions, in a nutshell, are that the group and its purpose must be clearly defined; costs and benefits must be equally shared; decision - making must be by consensus; misconduct should be monitored; sanctions should start out mild and escalate only as needed; conflict resolution should be fast and fair; the group must have the authority to manage its affairs; and the relationship of the group with others must be appropriately structured.

The white paper recommends that practitioners follow relevant guidance documents and that deviation from consensus recommendations should be supported by clinical studies or pursued in the setting of a clinical trial approved by an institutional review board; that practitioners receive training in a new procedure before beginning its practice, that the training should include a practical, «hands - on» component and that all team members directly involved with the radiation therapy decisions should participate in at least five proctored cases before performing similar procedures independently; and that professional societies should accelerate the generation of new or updated guidance documents for the following disease sites and techniques: skin, central nervous system, gastrointestinal, lung or endobronchial and esophagus, and, while outside the charge of this panel, assess the need for updated guidance documents for accelerated partial breast irradiation using electronic brachytherapy.

Unless otherwise specified, all Leadership Team decisions shall be made by consensus.

The talking heads speak directly to the camera, the leading «professor» being author Jon Krakauer, who gives insights into the decision taken by consensus of the men.

Washington, DC — The National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD) and our partners are disappointed by Secretary of the Department of Education (DOE) Betsy DeVos» decision to eliminate funding for the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities (ODEO) grant program — denying parents and students an opportunity to reach a community consensus on the best methods of socioeconomic integration in isolated, struggling schools.

They relied on resources like EdReports to ensure the materials teachers were choosing from were high - quality, but the ultimate decision was reached by consensus.

Topics include: • The importance of quality policies and by - laws • Agendas that work • Building consensus and coalitions for action • Budgeting protocols that focus on student achievement • Building a high functioning team that dedicated to making decisions on behalf of students Presenter: Owens Saylor, KASA March 6, 2018 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT • Bowling Green • $ 179 (or register for all modules for $ 899)

The decision to discontinue cooperative book display at BookExpo was not taken lightly by IBPA's Board of Directors, but the consensus was overwhelming that by removing a service no longer benefiting its members, IBPA frees up significant resources to better focus on the services that do.

Bank of Canada (BoC) Structure - Monetary policy decisions within the Bank of Canada are made by a consensus vote by Governing Council, which consists of the Bank of Canada governor, the senior deputy governor and four deputy governors.

With UNFCCC decision - making by consensus, the possibility of all nations deciding to trust all other nations and agree to forgo verification is near zero, and without official accreditation BECDCS is of zero diplomatic value to governments.

oit is with indignation that we are speaking othis document is not acceptable • Bolivia owe have learned about this document through the media, not through you onow we are given 60 minutes to accept something already agreed upon by other states owe are seeing actions in a dictatorial way othis is unacceptable and anti-democratic owe say to the people of the world: they shall judge upon it othe rights of our people are not being respected owe are not going to decide about so many lives in only 60 minutes othis is s group of a small number of countries oAPPLAUS • Cuba o4 hours ago Obama announced an agreement which is non-existant owe is behaving like an emperor owe have seen version being discussed by secretive groups in the last hours and days oCuba will not accept your draft declaration oat this conference, there is no consensus on this document oI associate my voice to Tuvalu, Venezuela, Bolivia othe target of 2 degrees is unacceptable o... • Costa Rica ofor the reasons that we have heard, this document can not be considered the work of the AWG - LCA and can not be considered by the COP othis can only be an INF doc, it's just for information oadditional question: in an earlier version, a CP.15 - decision, para. 1: there was a reference to a legally binding instrument to be adopted by the COP onow: we have a new version, but the reference to legally binding instrument disappeared • USA o [wants to speak, but point of order by Nicaragua] • Nicaragua othere is already a precedent where we have not been given the right to speech onow that you have mentioned we finally want to speak • Pres. [moving on] oUS does not appear on my list any more, so next one is Sudan • Sudan othere must be something horribly wrong here oI pushed the button when I saw Nicaragua raising their sign in order to support them • Nicaragua othis is a deterioration of the democratic system oand this happens at the most important conference of the UN for many years owe have draft decisions about how to carry forward the process ostates (lists names) have written a submission: • this has not followed the basic principles of the UN • inclusion • bottom up processes • democratic participation • equality of states oduring this consequence, many states expressed their position against such approaches othe only agreement we recognize is??

The decision by the editor of the quarterly newsletter of the APS Forum on Physics and Society to invite opposing (scientific) views on climate change does not change the overall consensus.

And by implications disagree with the policy decisions made from that consensus.

It seems that the definition of «consensus» varies by field, just as the decision - making framework does, with unanimity or near unanimity expected from the scientific community, even including those scientists who in many cases have not really embedded themselves in the literature nor been required to put together a coherent assembly and analysis of scientific knowledge (and even including, somehow, CEI's [Competitive Enterprise Institute] lawyers with their ExxonMobil support, who are often quoted as the contrary view in papers on the science of climate change).

[45] In implementation of an overall strategy to influence policy decisions and public opinion, climate scientists are assisted by flanking strategies that treat «consensus positions» as dogma.

Member state agreement will be the hardest to secure... Around 80 per cent of council decisions are taken by consensus.

The governance arrangements are built on and informed by five principles: inclusiveness, transparency, accountability, consensus - based decisions and participation.

Waiting for political types to decide, who by their very nature are clueless and indecisive, depending as they do on negotiation and consultation and consensus building are the wrong people to be making these decisions.

Rather than imposing sound scientific principles on IPCC, United Nations allowed IPCC to be governed by: — the unscientific principle to: «concentrate its activities on the tasks allotted to it by the relevant WMO Executive Council and UNEP Governing Council resolutions and decisions as well as on actions in support of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change process» (§ 1)-- the unscientific principle to: «In taking decisions, and approving, adopting and accepting reports, the Panel, its Working Groups and any Task Forces shall use all best endeavours to reach consensus.»

«Both Talmudic Law and Buffett's merger evaluation process are examples of how to set up a good decision - making process, not by striving for consensus, but by probing for conflict and counter-examples.

Previous COPs typically end with a series of «decisions» that are accepted by unanimous consensus of the delegates (majority vote does not apply to the climate convention), which sets a high hurdle for what can be accomplished.

Responding to the request of the Northern Civil Society observer (Global Witness) to review the process of drafting decisions related to National Programmes, the co-Chairs proposed to summarize the decisions made by consensus at the conclusion of each session and recap all decisions at the end of the meeting, before they would be reproduced in the draft report.

The demands are important because all decisions at the conference are made by consensus, so a few countries making objections has the potential to block a deal.

In the Guardian, consensus enforcer, Graham Readfearn claimed of the affair, «The spark was the University of Western Australia's decision to back out of a deal to host a research centre fronted by climate science contrarian Bjørn Lomborg and paid for with $ 4m of taxpayer cash.»

Meanwhile, in the real world, I would echo Gavin: Many decisions can be made by looking at qualitative agreement, general tendencies, and model consensus without the need for quantitative description of the uncertainties.

It fails to provide adequate oversight, however, because every decision must be made by consensus and not all WCPFC member countries are interested in cooperating.

At a time when so many crucial decisions have been resolved by 5 - 4 votes, the ability to build consensus is a critical factor.

While there appeared to be a consensus for years that strict language was required to displace the common law without infringing on the ESA, Rose says a 2016 Ontario Court of Appeal decision dismissed an appeal from a motion judge's ruling upholding a termination clause — providing «the minimum required by the ESA» — that was linguistically sparse compared to earlier rulings.